MPI_Finalize(3) 							MPI							   MPI_Finalize(3)

NAME

       MPI_Finalize -  Terminates MPI execution environment

SYNOPSIS

       int MPI_Finalize( void )

NOTES

       All processes must call this routine before exiting.  The number of processes running after this routine is called is undefined; it is best
       not to perform much more than a return rc after calling MPI_Finalize .

THREAD AND SIGNAL SAFETY

       The MPI standard requires that MPI_Finalize be called only by the same thread that initialized MPI with either MPI_Init or  MPI_Init_thread
       .

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All  MPI  routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK ) have an additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list.  ierr
       is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C.	In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are  invoked
       with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

ERRORS

       All  MPI  routines (except MPI_Wtime and MPI_Wtick ) return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in
       the last argument.  Before the value is returned, the current MPI error handler is called.  By default, this error handler aborts  the  MPI
       job.   The  error  handler  may	be  changed  with  MPI_Comm_set_errhandler  (for  communicators), MPI_File_set_errhandler (for files), and
       MPI_Win_set_errhandler (for RMA windows).  The MPI-1 routine MPI_Errhandler_set may be used but its  use  is  deprecated.   The	predefined
       error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned.  Note that MPI does not guarentee that an MPI program can
       continue past an error; however, MPI implementations will attempt to continue whenever possible.

       MPI_SUCCESS
	      - No error; MPI routine completed successfully.

LOCATION

       finalize.c

								     8/11/2010							   MPI_Finalize(3)